défunt

Meaning

Concepts

deceased

late

defunct

departed

dead

dead person

old friend

deaths

persons killed

Buddha

Buddhist image

merciful person

asleep

at peace

at rest

gone

dead soul

deceased person

decedent

legator

testator

the deceased

no longer with us

death toll

murder victim

Frequency

C1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/de.fœ̃/
Etymology

Inherited from Middle French defun(c)t, from Old French defunz (13th c.), a borrowing from Latin (de vita) defunctus.

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